RW2015 Nomination discussion

[aphrodite_mine]

Please use this space to:

• plan nominations
• offer open nomination spots
• ask if there is interest in a fandom or character(s)
• advertise a fandom or character(s)
• hash out numbers and potential eligiblity
• promote or request nominations for fandoms or character(s) you don't have room for in your nomination set

Reminder: You may nominate one to five fandoms and one to five characters in each.

Comments

[sanguinity]

The Middleman, anyone?

Wendy, Lacey, Ida, Raveena Rao... (Please tell me I don't need to nominate their mirror!verse selves separately!)

Are there any one-offs someone like to see nominated? Little Cindy? Bonnie the Zombie Bride? Eleanor the Scorned Scientist? Dr. Barbara Thornfield M.D. Ph.D.? ...someone else?

[cordialcount]

Is anyone else throwing Fate/ in? I plan to nominate Fate/Zero:

Irisviel von Einzbern
Arturia Pendragon | Saber
Hisau Maiya
Natalia Kaminski
?

and I'd really appreciate if anyone could include Ilya in a F/SN VN nomination! I'd add her in under F/Z too, but all of the "oh god Ilya" scenes for me are in Heaven's Feel.

Also definitely nominating Hilary Tamar Mysteries, Alliance-Union, and Takeshi Kovacs, usual suspects, at least one slot open in each if anyone's interested in a specific character. :D

[scribblemyname]

Anyone nomming Agent Carter?

[muccamukk]

I might. I'm not sure how the rules work with shared continuities. Agent Carter the show only has 200 complete fic on AO3, but Peggy herself within the greater MCU has nearly 2,000 stories. Mod?

Could nominate Angie, Dottie and Anna though.

[aphrodite_mine]

Peggy's fine within Agent Carter, i.e. only requesting scenarios within the realm of show canon, not requesting appearances from greater MCU folk.

[tentaclesock]

Would the Great Race of Yith, the Elder Things, and Lavinia Whateley from the Cthulhu Mythos be okay? The first two are neuter and the last one is a cis woman, after all. (Yes, I realize the irony in nominating that canon.)

My other planned nominations are less confusing.

Atlan (obscure early New Weird series about a princess in a nightmarish Atlantis)
Cija (cis woman)
Lel (trans woman)
Seka (cis girl)


Jirel of Joiry (short story cycle about a warrior woman's adventures)
Jirel of Joiry (cis woman)

Star Control II ('92 DOS space opera game full of unforgettable characters and artwork)
Talana (cis woman)
Queen Brakky Girdy (cis...female)

[aphrodite_mine]

Those characters sound reasonably within the scope of the rules. :)

[muccamukk]

Sinbad
Numbers are fine in that there's like 30 fic in the whole fandom.
Nala
Rina
Tiger
Taryn
Open spot for now, while I decide if I want Razia, Safia or someone else. The Professor? Kuji?

The Musketeers
The three main cast women are all well within numbers, but I'm thinking of doing all guest stars and hoping someone else nominates Milady etc. Possibly Samara, Flea, Ninon, Alice and maybe Christine Duchess of Savoy. Anyone have input here?

Babylon 5
Delenn is fine on AO3, and has 198 finished fished fic on ff.net. Susan is fine on both. But I'm not that invested in writing either of them right now? So:
Elizabeth Lochley
Catherine Sakai
Talia Winters
Tessa Holloran/Number One
Lyta Alexander


Considering Books of the Raksura and Quantum Leap for my other spots.

ETA:
Agent Carter
Peggy Carter (approved by mod above)
Angie Martinelli
Dottie Underwood
Anna Jarvis
Open to suggestions for #5.

ETA2: Someone's already done AC, but not included Peggy, so idk what to do.

[scribblemyname]

I just added her. You have room for another fandom if you like.

[raktajinos]

clarification question regarding the ladies from Arrow.

Thea, Laurel and Sara are tagged in 700-900 fics each on ao3, but are rarely the character of focus in fic. Obviously Felicity wouldn't qualify, but I was hoping the others would.

[aphrodite_mine]

Let me take a look and get a better idea of numbers. (I'll comment back here in a few minutes.)

[aphrodite_mine]

Laurel looks to be the focus of about 1/10. She's good.
Thea looks to be the focus of 2/10. She's good.
Sara looks to be the focus of about 1/4. She's good.

So... yep. All the ladies minus Felicity.

[raktajinos]

Bitten
Elena Michaels
Karen Morgan (Bitten)
Rachel Sutton
Ruth Winterbourne
Paige Winterbourne

Star Trek The Next Generation
Katherine Pulaski
Guinan
Lwaxana Troi
K'Ehleyr
Leah Brahms

Arrow
Thea Queen
Laurel Lance
Sara Lance
Moira Queen
Sin (Arrow)

The West Wing
Amy Gardner
Abbey Bartlet
Helen Santos
Nancy McNally
Andrea Wyatt

Full House
Donna Jo "DJ" Tanner
Stephanie Tanner
Rebecca "Becky" Donaldson-Katsopolis
Michelle Tanner
Kimmy Gibbler

[elleth]

Planning to nominate:

The Silmarillion
Findis
Lalaith
Erendis
Nimloth
Nellas

The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Ioreth
Lothíriel
Goldberry
Gilmith
Finduilas (of Dol Amroth)

All other spots are up for the taking - let me know the fandom and character(s) and they're yours.

[kerithwyn]

To keep with your theme--would you be willing to nominate a different variety of elves?

Elfquest
Nightfall
Moonshade
Clearbrook
Tyleet
Venka

All have canonical tags.

[tigerlily]

Do you have a free slot left for one fandom?

Once Upon a Time (TV)

Maid Marian
Rapunzel (Once Upon a Time)
Milah (Once Upon a Time)
Cinderella | Ashley Boyd
Lily

[yyzeff]

A question, actually, which may be answered somewhere, but I didn't see it in the FAQ: would you prefer we don't nominate if we don't intent to participate in the main exchange, only as standby for pinch hits?

[aphrodite_mine]

There's no rule for this. Anyone is welcome to nominate and participate as they see fit.

[axiom_of_stripe]

Question:
I was thinking of nominating Liz and Kate from Hellboy/B.P.R.D., but I'm not sure how to put the fandom: Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.) is the sequel to Hellboy (Comics) and the characters are the same in both.

[aphrodite_mine]

Unfortunately(?) the answer is it is completely up to you. You could do something like Hellboy Comics Universe, which would cover both of them.

[scribblemyname]

Thank you to whoever nommed Bobbi Morse!

[raktajinos]

anyway to change our nominations after they've been approved?

[aphrodite_mine]

It really depends on what you'd like to change.

[lastwingedthing]

Can I check if some Teen Wolf characters are okay to nominate?

Marin Morrell 528 fics on AO3, 5 completed fics on ffnet.
It looks like she's just a background character in most of these - just running a search on -"Stiles Stilinski/Derek Hale" -"Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski" brings it down to 175 and she's still not featured in most of them.

Kali, 546 fics on AO3, 10 completed fics on ffnet.
Filtering out Sterek brings the total down to 218.

Kate Argent 1865 fics on AO3, 39 completed fics on ffnet.
She's a bit more borderline, but removing Sterek still brings the total down to 516 and a quick look at the first page of the filtered results only shows her featuring in about a quarter.


I'm also planning to nominate characters from the Books of the Raksura (Martha Wells), Bas-Lag (China Mieville), The Friendly Young Ladies (Mary Renault) and The Year of the Flood (Margaret Atwood). I have a couple open slots in each so on the off chance anyone wants me to add characters from any of these let me know :)

[aphrodite_mine]

I'll let those three in!